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Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia
Giovanni Bennardo
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Description for Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia
hardcover. Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia. Series: Language, Culture and Cognition. Num Pages: 396 pages, 3 b/w illus. 45 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 750.
The study of the relationship between language and thought, and how this apparently differs between cultures and social groups, is a rapidly expanding area of enquiry. This book discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on the results of a fieldwork project carried out in the Kingdom of Tonga in Polynesia. It challenges some existing assumptions in linguistics, cognitive anthropology and cognitive science and proposes a new foundational cultural model, 'radiality', to show how space, time and social relationships are expressed both linguistically and cognitively. A foundational cultural model is knowledge that is repeated in ... Read more
The study of the relationship between language and thought, and how this apparently differs between cultures and social groups, is a rapidly expanding area of enquiry. This book discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on the results of a fieldwork project carried out in the Kingdom of Tonga in Polynesia. It challenges some existing assumptions in linguistics, cognitive anthropology and cognitive science and proposes a new foundational cultural model, 'radiality', to show how space, time and social relationships are expressed both linguistically and cognitively. A foundational cultural model is knowledge that is repeated in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
Language, Culture and Cognition
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521883122
SKU
V9780521883122
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About Giovanni Bennardo
Giovanni Bennardo is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University.
Reviews for Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia
'… sets a new standard for scientific ethnography. Its empirical and analytical rigor represents a resounding rejoinder to those who would argue that anthropology cannot be an empirical science or that culture does not exist. The book makes a brilliant and challenging case for the power of cultural-models theory in cultural anthropology. And for those of us who do cognitive ... Read more